33, Chongxi day 33
Ye Yunting looked at Li Fengqi, with emotions in his eyes. There was sourness, regret, and helplessness, but more importantly... heartache.
King Yong'an who guarded the border and Beizhao War God who guarded the peace of the country were forced into such a situation by those people. When he finally joined forces with Han Chan, was he also filled with contempt for himself?
Ye Yunting couldn't tell clearly.
But he did not ignore the unwillingness and humiliation in Li Fengqi's eyes the moment he took the antidote.
He shouldn't be like this.
The events of the previous life in the dream made Ye Yunting's emotions surge. He stared blankly at Li Fengqi, as if there were a thousand hidden words in his eyes.
——It's not that he doesn't want to say it, it's that he can't say it.
Li Fengqi's eyes flashed when he looked at him like this. Ye Yunting looked at him with something strange in his eyes since he woke up. Although he didn't know the reason, he would not miss such a good opportunity.
A general must be good at judging the situation.
He raised his eyebrows and said in an ambiguous tone: "The eldest young master looked at me like this, I must have misunderstood. Could it be that the eldest young master saw me in his dream?"
Ye Yunting's eyelashes trembled, but he did not lie. He nodded slightly and said "hmm" again.
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Li Fengqi was joking casually, so naturally he didn't really think that Ye Yunting dreamed of him.
But Ye Yunting's nod made him stunned for a moment. When he came back to his senses, his eyebrows lit up with joy, and his voice even raised, with a happy ending: "What did you dream about me?" Why were you still crying?
Li Fengqi thought to himself, I can't bear to make him cry.
But then I remembered the way his eyelashes were wet with tears when he first woke up, and felt that it was okay to cry when the time was right.
Ye Yunting didn't know what he was thinking, so he muttered vaguely and said he couldn't remember clearly.
In fact, I was still thinking about what I saw in my dream.
There were two things he saw in his dream that made him very concerned.
The first is what Zhu Lie said about Yang Buwei who turned against the Xuanjia Army and joined Zhao Yan in siege. He had never heard of the name Yang Buwei, but Zhao Yan knew that it was Li Zong who was sent to the Governor's Mansion in Northern Xinjiang.
The supervisor who falsely spread the news to instigate Zhu Wen and others to revolt, Li Fengqi's secret message reached Zhu Wen in time, and the supervisor Zhao Yan had been beheaded and sent to Li Zong.
Then there was only one Yang Buwei left. Judging from Zhu Lie's tone, Yang Buwei should be one of Li Fengqi's confidants. He turned against Li Fengqi and that was why Zhu Lie was caught off guard.
The second is the Shen family. There are too many clans with the surname Shen, but there is only one Shen family that can mobilize the troops of California and is related to the old princess.
——The mother clan of the old princess Shen Wanyu.
The head of the Shen family, Zhong Yu, is the chief governor of Nieyang Dudu Mansion. Nieyang governs central Guizhou and California. However, over the years, the Shen family has no successors and is tired of raising and training troops. Nieyang's military strength is not as strong as before.
In addition, Nieyang is neither close to the capital nor adjacent to the border, so its status is very embarrassing. The Shen family has actually been declining in recent years. The head of the family of this generation is the nephew of the old princess, so betraying the old princess is not enough to gain Li Zong's trust.
Strange.
Fortunately, in this life, Li Fengqi sent someone to take the old princess back to the capital in advance. The old princess did not ask the Shen family for help, so she was able to avoid this disaster.
Thinking of the broken body of the old princess in the coffin, Ye Yunting only felt scared for a while. He glanced at Li Fengqi again, pursed his lips, and thought about finding a suitable time to remind Li Fengqi.
Li Fengqi was so moved by the sight of him that he always felt that Ye Yunting looked at him today with tenderness in his eyes.
He smacked his lips in his heart and thought: Could it be that Ye Yunting finally got the idea and fell in love with him but was too embarrassed to say it?
Thinking of this and what he had to do today, the smile on his face grew wider, and he took the clothes prepared by Ji Lian and handed them to him: "There are still things to do today, please change your clothes first."
Ye Yunting had no choice but to put away his thoughts and wash up and change clothes first.
After everything was packed and the two had breakfast, Li Fengqi asked someone to prepare a carriage and prepare to go out.
When they got to the carriage, Ye Yunting couldn't help but ask: "What on earth is the prince going to do?" Looking at his relaxed look, it didn't look like he was doing anything serious.
"We'll know when we get there."
Li Fengqi refused to say anything, and just asked the driver to go to Zhaohe Main Street.
The carriage moved forward all the way, and when it reached the main street, Li Fengqi urged Ye Yunting to get off the car again. Ye Yunting followed him to the street, confused, but saw vendors gathering on both sides of the long street, and pedestrians bustling with each other, making it a lively market scene.
Ye Yunting seldom wandered outside. In the past, when he was in the Duke's Mansion, he was detained and not allowed to go out. Ji Lian mostly relied on Ji Lian to tell him about the scenes outside. Occasionally, he could only take a quick glance when he went out. Later, when he arrived at the Prince's Mansion, he was also not allowed to go out.
The only time he walked through Showa Main Street was for show. It was not until the situation turned around that he finally got free, but perhaps he had been detained for so long that he didn't even think of taking a walk outside.
Now looking at the bustling scene in front of me, I can't help but feel stunned.
Then there was some confusion: "Why is it so lively today?"
"In three days, it will be Double Ninth Festival." Seeing his expression, Li Fengqi knew that he really didn't remember.
"On the Double Ninth Festival, we need to worship our ancestors. I was afraid that I wouldn't have time to go out for fun, so I chose today." Li Fengqi looked at him and said, "Young Master must have never seen the bustling scene in the capital during the Double Ninth Festival, right?"
Shangjing is the most prosperous place in Beizhao, so it is naturally very lively during festivals.
On the day of the Double Ninth Festival, the palace and high-ranking nobles would worship their ancestors and pray to heaven and earth, but the common people in the city were not so particular. Before the Double Ninth Festival arrived, they had already made Double Ninth cakes and chrysanthemum wine. Children held various kinds of
All kinds of paper kites were running and playing, making the place lively and joyful early on.
Ye Yunting had indeed never seen such a scene. His eyebrows were crooked, and his eyes were full of joy: "I have eaten the Double Ninth Cake made by the wet nurse before. I heard that it is best to pair it with chrysanthemum wine..." But he was young at that time.
Naturally, the nurse will not let him drink chrysanthemum wine.
Li Fengqi walked side by side with him and explained to him the customs of the Double Ninth Festival: "In addition to the Double Ninth Festival cake and chrysanthemum wine, there are also wearing dogwood hairpins and chrysanthemums, flying paper kites, climbing high to bid farewell..."
Every time he said something, he would find a stall and point it out to Ye Yunting.
Because of these customs, every year there are many vendors selling home-made Double Ninth Festival cakes and chrysanthemum wine on the street, and craftsmen tie up various kinds of paper kites. Occasionally, there are young girls carrying flower baskets, selling dogwoods and chrysanthemums in the baskets.
Ye Yunting was dazzled by it, with a deep smile on his face.
Li Fengqi looked up at him and smiled, with a very gentle expression.
The people on the side who secretly looked at the two people said "Ouch" when they saw it, thinking that it would be different if they were married. In the past, King Yong'an rode his horse through the streets, not to mention laughing and not looking aside.
Now he is accompanying the princess on the street, and they don't look so majestic and scary anymore. Although they are two men, they look no different from an ordinary couple.
A hawker who was doing business was smart and bold and tried to shout: "My lord, do you want to buy some Double Ninth cakes for the princess? My wife is a master at making Double Ninth cakes."
Someone started, and one after another others echoed.
"My family brews chrysanthemum wine that is fragrant and delicious. Would you like to have a taste of it, please?"
"The dogwood sachet can ward off disasters and ward off evil spirits. Do you want to see it, princes and princesses?"
"..."
There were constant shouts on both sides of the long street. Ye Yunting had never faced such a scene before. He looked both ways and didn't know which way to look.
Instead, Li Fengqi took his hand and led him to the stall selling sachets. He picked two sachets and paid for them: "These are sachets made by grinding dogwood into powder. They are worn during the Double Ninth Festival to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters."
As he spoke, he personally put the dark green sachet on his waist.
Ye Yunting is wearing a white quilted brocade robe with dark patterns today. The hem of the brocade robe is embroidered with a cluster of green bamboo. The dark green sachet echoes the green bamboo at the hem and complements each other.
Ye Yunting lowered his eyes, plucked the sachet with his fingers, and the corners of his mouth could not help but raise higher.
Seeing that Li Fengqi was holding one in his hand, he knelt down and tied it around his waist in order to return the favor.
Li Fengqi watched him move his fingers flexibly, quickly tying the sachet tie into a beautiful knot, and then looked up at him with bright eyes: "Okay."
"Thank you." Li Fengqi twirled his fingers and restrained the sudden urge to touch his eyes.
"Your Majesty, you're welcome." Ye Yunting stood up and pushed him to the next stall.
On this day, the two of them visited all the stalls on Showa Main Street.
When he returned, it was already evening, and Li Fengqi already had three jars of chrysanthemum wine and two large boxes of Double Ninth Festival cakes in his arms. Ye Yunting pushed him towards the carriage without taking anything.
The two of them strolled around like ordinary people. When they saw an interesting stall, they went over to take a look. When they arrived at the carriage, Li Fengqi had another pot of chrysanthemums in full bloom in his arms.
The coachman's eyes almost popped out of his head when he looked at this scene. Although he was not an old man in the palace, the servants who served him these days had a frightened expression when they mentioned King Yong'an, as if they had seen a Rakshasa.
He was called to serve today, and he was quite frightened.
But now when he looked at it, he felt that King Yong'an was no different from ordinary people.
When the coachman saw the two people approaching, he laid out the planks for the carriage with great foresight, took the things in Li Fengqi's arms and put them away properly, and invited the two people to get on the coach.
After the two of them got into the car and sat down, the driver drove the car slowly back to the palace.
The smile on Ye Yunting's face had not broken all day long, and there was a youthful spirit in his eyebrows that he had never seen before. Now that he was returning home, he still reluctantly lifted the curtain and looked outside.
Li Fengqi looked at his appearance and felt that he had a somewhat youthful air that suited his age.
Although he is not yet young, he usually gives off a calm and steady impression, which often makes people easily overlook his age. But in fact, he is only nineteen years old, which makes him one year younger than Li Zong.
"If the eldest son likes it, you can go out for a walk more often in the future." Li Fengqi said: "Shangjing is bustling and lively, and there are many things worth seeing in the market."
Ye Yunting smiled and nodded, and unknowingly said what was in his heart: "To be honest with you, the prince, I originally planned to take Ji Lian to travel around when I had the opportunity to see the customs of various states, and then find a beautiful place.
Live in seclusion in a beautiful place and be a gentleman..." His expression was full of longing, and his tone was full of expectations for the future.
But there is no place for Li Fengqi in this issue.
Li Fengqi remained calm and nodded with a smile: "The eldest son must go to Weizhou to see it. Weizhou has a vast land, bold and unrestrained people, horses on the grassland and fine liquor. The eldest son will not be disappointed."
Chapter completed!